Reached by phone at his home on Chappaquiddick, or “Barbecue Central” as Steven Raichlen calls it, the prolific writer and barbecue expert admitted to being a bit shaky on just how many...

For his latest novel, Lake Success, Gary Shteyngart was about 160 pages into a first draft when he sent it to his editor. The plot centered around the hedge fund world and featured a female main...

In 2009 Victoria Campbell’s film House of Bones premiered at the Tabernacle. The documentary positions the family home on West Chop as a lens into her family and a way of life. The catalyst for...

At the beginning of the girls tennis season this spring, coach Chris Scott emphasized that the team was focusing on one match at a time, and not giving any thoughts to post-season play. It is a time-...

For the fifth straight year the Vineyard girls tennis team has won the state championship. They secured the win 3-2 against Winchester High School in dramatic fashion. The division two finals match...

The Vineyard boys tennis team ended its state championship run Monday, losing 0-5 to Weston in the semi-finals at Lexington High School. “Our guys played hard . . . They outplayed us,”...

Perennial favorites mingled with first-time winners when the annual Best of the Vineyard awards were announced Thursday night at a festive party hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Magazine....

The annual Peter Simon calendar, arriving each spring, has been a rite of passage since 1988. But when Mr. Simon died last November many assumed the calendars, after 32 consecutive years, were over....

The West Tisbury author and historian Tony Horwitz died suddenly in Washington, D.C., on Monday, his wife Geraldine Brooks confirmed. Mr. Horwitz was 60 and had been on tour for his new book, Spying...

If you attached a Fitbit or other tracking device to Patrick or Ted Courtney the result in one day of walking might stretch miles, perhaps even to marathon length. Even more remarkable is that the...